The Big City

Well, Ladies and Gents, it has been rather difficult to blog these last few days, so here we will have a summary of the latest events. On Wednesday, we woke up, ready to head out to the zoo. We made a quick, but necessary stop at starbucks to start the day off right. At the largest zoo in Mexico, we enjoyed exploring and finding all the different kinds of animals. Of course, whenever I am at the zoo, I am reminded of Madagascar and constantly sing the songs to Lauren, especially when we get to the hippos. We enjoyed a bird/reptile show with a young man who was the Mexican version of our friend, Evan. Although I must say that my appetite was lessened by seeing a large hawk eat a rat. There are just some things that I don’t handle so well. On our little trip to the zoo, we got to explore the safari ride. As we climbed into the truck, the person at the closest end was given a handful of carrots. Lauren and I felt a little bit cheated since we ended up with 2 pitiful pieces of carrot, while the man at the end had hands full of carrots. It was neat to see all of the animals up close, drinking from the watering hole, and feeding the giraffes. This was probably our favorite part of our whole zoo adventure. We were beat after going to the zoo, went home, and Vick talked us into watching a movie. I never grow tired of watching Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. After much packing, we were finally ready. We woke up early on that beautiful Thursday morning. We were filled with sadness because of having to leave our friends, students, and families, but also filled with excitement for the next week. As we drove to the airport, I was reminded of the beauty of God’s creation. The beautiful, shining, bright sun came up over the dark mountains, filling the sky with radiant color and wisped clouds. We easily got through the airport and boarded our plane. When we got to DF (Mexico City), we were exhausted from the early morning, adrenalin, and the mixed emotions. Thankfully, our family, the Waguespacks, had not planned anything immediate and we were able to take a much-needed nap. After our nap, we went exploring with Marianne and her friend, also an MK. Within walking distance is a little town called Coyocan. Coyocan is the kind of place that makes you forget all about the “big city” and relax. We did lauren’s favorite thing and did a little bit of shopping, then proceeded onto the coffee shop. When I first went to Mexico City, I thought their hot chocolate was just weird, but now I have grown accustomed to it and would choose it over the American hot chocolate any day. Well, here in Coyocan, they had cold chocolate (icy) and boy was it delicious! From there, we introduced Lauren to churros, which were out of this world. This day was just a start to our big adventure in Mexico City.